I see the intellectual giants in Iraq have seen fit to abduct some more cililians.
Once again they've chosen some Chinese gentlemen, perhaps not the smartest move as the Chinese government are normally quite peeved when their people are dragged into someone else's captivity.
The Peking headshed takes a very dim view of this and become more than a little vague when it comes to the Human Rights issues of those responsible.
But maybe they've swung back to the days of Korea when the 'needs' of the (very) many were put above the lives of (comparitively) few.
We'll know in next few days......